The Most Holy Name Of Mary. Feast Day, Today, 12 September.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless otherwise stated.

The Most Holy Name of Mary.

Feast Day 12 September.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

English: Bouguereau's L'Innocence.

Both young children and the lamb

are symbols of innocence.

Français: Bouguereau — L'Innocence.

Русский: "Невинность", картина Виллиама Бугро.

И маленький ребёнок, и ягнёнок — символы невинности.

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).

Date: 1893.

Source/Photographer: http://www.illusionsgallery.com.

Author: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).

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The Lady Altar,

Our Lady of The Rosary Catholic Church,

Blackfen, Kent,

England.

Date: 2012.

Author: MULIER FORTIS

The Annunciation.

Artist: Paolo de Matteis (1662–1728).

Date: 1712.

Current location: Saint Louis Art Museum,

Missouri, United States of America.

Source: Own work.

Author: Paolo de Matteis.

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Just as a few days after Christmas, we celebrate The Holy Name of Jesus, so, after The Nativity of Mary, we glorify her Holy Name. Eight days after The Birth of The Virgin, according to the custom of the Jews, her holy parents, inspired by God, say Saint Jerome and Saint Antoninus, gave her the name of Mary.

Wherefore, during The Octave of The Nativity, The Liturgy gives a Feast in honour of this Holy Name.

Spain, with the approval of Rome, in 1513, was the first to Celebrate it, and, in 1683, it was extended to the whole Church by Pope Innocent XI to thank Mary for the victory which John Sobieski, King of Poland, had just gained against the Turks, who besieged Vienna and threatened The West.

"The Name of The Virgin," says the Gospel, "was Mary." The Hebrew name of Mary, in Latin "Domina", means "Lady", or "Sovereign"; for the authority of her Son, Lord of The World, makes her a Sovereign from her birth, in fact, as well as in name [Eighth Lesson at Matins].

Whence, as we call Jesus "Our Lord", we say of Mary that she is "Our Lady". To pronounce her name is to proclaim her power.

Let us offer The Holy Sacrifice of The Mass to God, to honour The Most Holy Name of Mary and to obtain by her Intercession her continual protection (Postcommunion).

Mass: Vultum tuum.

English: The Assumption.

Deutsch: Maria Himmelfahrt, Hochaltar für St. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venedig.

Français: L'Assomption de la Vierge.

Artist: Titian (1490–1576).

Date: 1516-1518.

Current location: Institution:Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, Italy.

Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002.

ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

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"O Most Holy Maiden Mary".

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.

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The following Text is taken from CATHOLICISM PURE AND SIMPLE

In accordance with Jewish custom, Our Lady’s parents named her, eight days after her birth, and were inspired to call her "Mary". The Feast of The Holy Name of Mary, therefore, follows that of her Birthday, as The Feast of The Holy Name of Jesus follows Christmas.

The Feast originated in Spain and was approved by The Holy See in 1513; Pope Innocent XI extended its observance to the whole Church in 1683, in thanksgiving to Our Blessed Lady for the victory on 12 September 1683 by John Sobieski, King of Poland, over the Turks, who were besieging Vienna and threatening The West. This day was commemorated in Vienna by creating a new kind of pastry and shaping it in the form of the Turkish half-moon. It was eaten along with coffee, which was part of the booty from the Turks.

The ancient Onomastica Sacra have preserved the meanings ascribed to Mary’s name by the early Christian writers and perpetuated by the Greek Fathers. “Bitter Sea,” “Myrrh of the Sea,” “The Light Giver,” “The Enlightened One,” “Lady,” “Seal of The Lord,” and “Mother of The Lord” are the principal interpretations. These etymologies suppose that the Hebrew form of the name is Maryãm, not Miryãm.

From the time of Saint Jerome, until the 16th-Century, preferred interpretations of Mary’s name in The West were, “Lady,” “Bitter Sea,” “The Light Giver,” and, especially, “Star of the Sea.” Stella Maris was by far the favoured interpretation. The revival of Hebraic studies, which accompanied The Renaissance, led to a more critical appraisal of the meanings assigned to Our Lady’s name.

Miryãm has all the appearance of a genuine Hebrew name, and no solid reason has been discovered to warrant rejecting the Semitic origin of the word. The Hebrew name of Mary, Miryãm, (in Latin, Domina) means Lady, or Sovereign; this Mary is in virtue of her Son’s Sovereign Authority as Lord of the World. We call Mary "Our Lady", as we call Jesus "Our Lord", and when we pronounce her name, we affirm her power, implore her aid and place ourselves under her protection.

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"Pange, Lingua, Gloriosi". When Was The Last Time You Heard This Wonderful Devotional Hymn In Your Church ?

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"Pange, Lingua, Gloriosi"

(Sing, my tongue, The Saviour's Glory).

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/r3H5f7oePQE

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unless otherwise stated.

Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium is a Hymn, written by Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274), for The Feast of Corpus Christi . It is also sung on Maundy Thursday, during the Procession from the Church to the place where The Blessed Sacrament is kept until Good Friday.

The last two stanzas, called, separately, Tantum Ergo, are sung at Benediction of The Blessed Sacrament. The Hymn expresses The Doctrine of Transubstantiation, in which The Bread and Wine are changed into The Body and Blood of Christ.

It is often sung in English as the Hymn "Of The Glorious Body Telling", to the same tune as the Latin.

The opening words recall another famous Latin Sequence, from which this Hymn is derived: Pange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium Certaminis by Venantius Fortunatus.

Pange, lingua, gloriosi

Corporis mysterium,

Sanguinisque pretiosi,

quem in mundi pretium

fructus ventris generosi

Rex effudit Gentium.

Nobis datus, nobis natus

ex intacta Virgine,

et in mundo conversatus,

sparso verbi semine,

sui moras incolatus

miro clausit ordine.

In supremae nocte coenae

recumbens cum fratribus

observata lege plene

cibis in legalibus,

cibum turbae duodenae

sedat suis manibus.

Verbum caro, panem verum

verbo carnem efficit:

fitque sanguis Christi merum,

et si sensus deficit,

ad firmandum cor sincerum

sola fides sufficit.

Tantum ergo Sacramentum

veneremur cernui:

et antiquum documentum

novo cedat ritui:

praestet fides supplementum

sensuum defectui.

Genitori, Genitoque

laus et jubilatio,

salus, honor, virtus quoque

sit et benedictio:

Procedenti ab utroque

compar sit laudatio.

Amen.

Alleluja.

Sing, my tongue, the Saviour's glory,

of His Flesh, the mystery sing;

of the Blood, all price exceeding,

shed by our Immortal King,

destined, for the world's redemption,

from a noble Womb to spring.

Of a pure and spotless Virgin

born for us on earth below,

He, as Man, with man conversing,

stayed, the seeds of truth to sow;

then He closed in solemn order

wond'rously His Life of woe.

On the night of that Last Supper,

seated with His chosen band,

He, the Paschal Victim eating,

first fulfils the Law's command;

then as Food to His Apostles

gives Himself with His own Hand.

Word-made-Flesh, the bread of nature

by His Word to Flesh He turns;

wine into His Blood He changes;

what though sense no change discerns?

Only be the heart in earnest,

faith her lesson quickly learns.

Down in adoration falling,

This great Sacrament we hail,

O'er ancient forms of worship

Newer rites of grace prevail;

Faith will tell us Christ is present,

When our human senses fail.

To the Everlasting Father,

And the Son who made us free

And the Spirit, God proceeding

From them Each eternally,

Be salvation, honour, blessing,

Might and endless majesty.

Amen.

Alleluia.

The Asperges.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.

The Celebrant sprinkling the Congregation

with Holy Water before the principal Sunday Mass.

Illustration: THE CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN

"Asperges Me".

Available on YouTube at

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Immediately before the principal Sunday Mass, The Celebrant, wearing a Cope and accompanied by his Ministers, intones, at the foot of the Altar, the Asperges Me, or, Vidi Aquam (during Paschaltide).

He then sprinkles the Altar, the Clergy and Congregation, saying in a low voice the Psalm Miserére, or, Confitémini (during Paschaltide).

"Vidi Aquam"

(The Paschaltide Asperges).

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/zTBi126OWkQ

Holy Water is a Sacramental, the devout use of which is able to remit Venial Sins. When there is no Aspersion, let us at least Bless ourselves, upon entering the Church, with Holy Water from the Stoup.

Hyssop is a tufted plant which the Jews used for Aspersions.

Throughout The Year.

Antiphon.

Aspérges me, Domine,

hyssopo, et mundábor:

lavábis me,

et super nivem dealbábor.

(Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, O Lord,

and I shall be cleansed;

Thou shalt wash me,

and I shall be whiter than snow).

Psalm 50.

Miserere Mei Deus.

Composed by Gregorio Allegri.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/qFtLyfBIUN0

Psalm xxxxx

Miserérere mei, Deus,

secundum magnam misericordiam tuam.

Gloria Patri . . .

Aspérges me . . .

(Have mercy on me, O God,

according to Thy great mercy.

Glory be to The Father . . .

Thou shalt sprinkle me . . .).

[The Versicle "Gloria Patri" is omitted in Passiontide.]

In Paschaltide.

Antiphon.

Vidi aquam

egrediéntem de templo

a látere dextro,

alleluia;

et omnes ad quos pervénit

aqua ista

salvi facti sunt, et dicent:

alleluia,

alleluia.

(I saw water flowing from the Right side of the temple,

alleluia;

and all to whom that water came were saved,

and they shall say:

alleluia,

alleluia).

Psalm cxvii.

Confitémini Domino,

quoniam bonus:

quoniam in saéculum misericordia ejus.

Gloria Patri . . .

Vidi . . .

(Praise The Lord,

for He is good:

For His mercy endureth for ever.

Glory be to The Father . . .

I saw . . .).

Osténde nobis, Domine,
misericordiam tuam. [Alleluia.]
(Show us, O Lord, Thy mercy). [Alleluia.].

Et salutáre tuum da nobis. [Alleluia.]
(And grant us Thy salvation). [Alleluia.]

Domine, exáudi orationem meam
(O Lord, hear my Prayer).

Et clamor meus ad to véniat
(And let my cry come unto Thee).

Dominus vobiscum
(The Lord be with you).

Et cum spiritu tuo
(And with thy spirit).



PRAYER.
(Every Church has its Guardian Angel).

Exáudi nos, Domine sancte, Pater omnipotens, aetérne Deus:
et mittere dignéris sanctum Angelum tuum de caelis,
qui custodiat foveat, protegat, visitet,
atque deféndat omnes habitántes in hoc habitáculo.
Per Christum Dominum nostrum.

Amen.

Hear us, O Holy Lord, Almighty Father, Eternal God:
And vouchsafe to send Thy Holy Angel from Heaven to guard,
cherish, protect, visit, and defend, all that dwell in this house.
Through Christ Our Lord.

Amen.

Holiday Time For Zephyrinus. He's "Orf To Cornwall" On The Cornish Riviera Express. First-Class. Naturally.

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First-Class, naturally.

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A Cornish Harbour.

"The Greeting".

Artist: Walter Langley (1852–1922).

Date: 1904.

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Our Lady Told Mother Mariana: "Shortly After The Middle Of The 20th-Century, The Catholic Spirit Will Rapidly Decay . . . The Sacrament of Matrimony . . . Will Be Attacked And Deeply Profaned . . ."

Illustration: CATHOLICISM PURE AND SIMPLE

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.

Our Lady of Good Success (Spanish: Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso; Filipino: Ina ng Mabubuting Pangyayari), also called Our Lady of Good Events, is one of the Titles of The Blessed Virgin Mary. This Title is shared among numerous images around the World — a number of images in Spain, one in Quito, Ecuador, and one in Parañaque City, Philippines. It is claimed that Quito's image had produced an Apparition - to Mother Mariana de Jésus Torres.

In 1577, five Conceptionist Sisters travelled from Spain to Quito, Ecuador, to start the first Convent. Mariana de Jésus Torres, one of the young Nuns, is said to have seen The Blessed Virgin Mary. On
2 February 1610, as Mariana was Praying, The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to her and commanded a statue be made to her likeness.

Statue of Our Lady of Good Success,

Quito, Ecuador.

Original image is found in http://www.ourladyofgoodsuccess.com/

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Used with permission.

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“First, so that men in the future might realise how powerful I am in placating Divine Justice, and obtaining Mercy and Pardon for every sinner who comes to me with a contrite heart. For I am The Mother of Mercy and, in me, there is only goodness and love.

"When tribulations of spirit and sufferings of the body oppress them, and they seem to be drowning in this bottomless sea, let them gaze at my Holy Image and I will always be there, ready to listen to their cries and soothe their pain. Tell them that they should always run to their Mother with confidence and love . . ."

Over the course of ten years, Mother Mariana struggled with the issue of completing the statue. Many obstacles prevented its sculpting. One obstacle was a fear of idolatry on the part of the native people in Quito. Another, was Mother Mariana’s personal fear of not being believed and thus putting the Convent in jeopardy.

In the year 1610, she asked the permission of the Bishop to create the statue. The sculpting of the statue of Our Lady of Good Success was given to Francisco del Castillo. Castillo was chosen as he was a talented sculptor and a devotee of The Blessed Mother. The statue of Our Lady of Good Success was Blessed on 2 February 1611.

Portrait of Mother Mariana.

(The Lily of Quito).

Original image found http://www.ourladyofgoodsuccess.com/

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On that day, the statue was placed above the seat of the Abbess' Chair, at Our Lady's own specific request, as a sign to all that she was the one who governed and watched over the Convent. Her official Title being that of “Mary of Good Success of The Purification”.

The Apparitions of Our Lady of Good Success began on 2 February 1594 at The Conceptionist Convent in Quito, Ecuador. The Virgin Mary repeatedly appeared to Venerable Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres, identifying herself as 'Our Lady of Good Success'.

The Apparition requested that a statue be made in her likeness and made several predictions concerning a crisis in The Church, specifically a Fall in Vocations, a Lack of Availability of The Sacraments and a Fall in Moral Standards in the 20th-Century.

The Apparitions were approved by the local Bishop, Salvador de Riber, on 2 February 1611. In 1991, The Vatican granted The Canonical Coronation of Our Lady of Good Success as 'Queen of Quito', after being petitioned by the Archbishop of Quito.

Vigils. Votive Masses. Ferias.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.

VIGILS.

Vigils, or Eves, are a preparation, by a Special Office, for the Celebration of the next day's Feast. 

They are Days of Penance, The Office is often long, and Violet Vestments are usually worn.

They are Classified as follows:

A.   Privileged Vigils.

(1).   Of The First-Class, as The Vigils of Christmas and Pentecost,

which do not give place to any Feast.

(2)   Of The Second-Class, as The Vigil of The Epiphany, which only admits Feasts of First- and Second-Class of Our Lord.

B.   Ordinary Vigils.

As of The Apostles, etc.

VOTIVE MASSES.

Votive Masses, which may be said on certain Feast Days of Semi-Double Rite or Simple Rite and on certain Ferias, have been instituted to meet the wishes of The Faithful and satisfy Private Devotion.

The ordinary Votive Masses, as also the Ordinary Masses for The Dead,

may not be said on Greater Ferias, except on those of Advent.

FERIAS.

Ferias are Week Days on which no Feast of a Saint is kept.

Ember Days, Rogation Days, and every Feria in Lent, have a Special Mass. On other Ferias, The Mass of The Preceding Sunday is said.

Some Ferias are called Greater Ferias, and are divided into two Classes:

A.   Privileged Ferias.

Ash Wednesday, and The First Three Days of Holy Week.

These Ferias do not give place to a Feast.

B.   Non-Privileged Ferias.

Those of Advent and Lent, The Ember Days, and The Monday of Rogation Week.

A Commemoration is always made of them on Feast Days,

and their Gospel is read at the end of Mass.

On the Ferias of Lent (after Ash Wednesday) and those in Passiontide (before Palm Sunday),

The Ember Days (not those in Pentecost Week), on Monday of Rogation Week, and on

Ordinary Vigils, if a Greater-Double, Double, or Semi-Double Feast is kept, it is allowed in

Private Masses to say The Mass of The Feria, or of The Vigil, with a Commemoration of

The Feast, or The Mass of The Feast, with a Commemoration and Last Gospel of The Feria or Vigil.

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Save Lives. Save The 8th. ABORTION Discriminates.

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The following Text is from THE LIFE INSTITUTE

As you know, The 8th Amendment [Editor: Of The Irish Constitution.] (which guarantees The Right Of Life of both mother and child) is under serious attack by Pro-ABORTION Extremists. They have the backing of wealthy foreign donors and organisations like Amnesty International.

They also have the full sympathy of the Media. For this reason each of us must do our best to spread the “Save The 8th” message ourselves.

We must be the ones to show our friends, our neighbours, and our Government, that the Irish people do not want ABORTION in this country (Editor: Ireland).

This Article can be read in full at THE LIFE INSTITUTE

Churching.

"Churching".

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The ancient custom of "Churching" after childbirth.

A mother would go to Church when she could, to thank God for her delivery, and to obtain Graces, though the Priest’s Blessing, for the Graces to help her raise her child in a Christian manner.

The Prayers indicate that this “Churching” Blessing is intended solely for the benefit of the mother.

Therefore, it is not necessary that she should bring the child with her.

The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

The "Churching" of Women.

It is customary for mothers to go to Church, as soon

as they are able 

to go out again, to be "Churched".

The Ceremony consists in a special Blessing, which recalls the visit of The Holy Family at The Temple of Jerusalem for The Presentation of Our Lord and The Purification of The Blessed Virgin.

The women, who receives this Blessing, kneels at the entrance of the Church,
holding a lighted candle in her hand; and the Priest sprinkles her with Holy Water and says:

Versicle.

Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini

(Our help is in the name of The Lord).
Response.

Qui fecit caelum et terram

(Who hath made Heaven and Earth).

Antiphon.

Haec accipiet
(She shall receive).

Psalm xxiii.

Domini est terra.

Domini est terra et plenitudo ejus:*

orbis terrárum, et univérsi qui hábitant in eo
(The Earth is The Lord's and the fullness thereof:
the World, and all they that dwell therein).

Quia ipse super mária fundávit eum:*

et super flumina praeparávit eum.
(For He hath founded it upon the seas;
and hath prepared it upon the rivers).

Quis ascéndet in montem Domini ?*

aut quis stabit in loco sancto ejus ?

(Who shall ascend into the mountain of The Lord:

Or who shall stand in His holy place ?).

Innocens mánibus et mundo corde:*

qui non accépit in vano ánimam suam, nec jurávit in dolo proximo suo

(The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his Soul in vain,

nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour).

Hic accipiet benedictionem a Domino:*

et misericordiam a Deo salutári  suo

(He shall receive a Blessing from The Lord,

and mercy from God his Saviour).

Haec est generátio quaeréntium eum,*

quaeréntium fáciem Dei Jacob

(This is the generation of them

that seek the face of The God of Jacob).

Attollite portas, principes, vestras, et elevámini, portae aeternáles:*

et introibit Rex gloriae

(Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates:

and The King of Glory shall enter in).

Quis est iste Rex gloriae ? Dominus fortis et potens.*

Dominus potens in praélio

(Who is this King of Glory ? The Lord who is strong and mighty:

The Lord mighty in battle).

Attollite portas, principes, vestras, et elevámini portae aeternáles:*

et introibit Rex gloriae

(Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates:

And The King of Glory shall enter in).

Quis est iste Rex gloriae ?

Dominus virtutum ipse est Rex gloriae

(Who is this King of Glory ?

The Lord of hosts, He is The King of Glory).

Gloria Patri . . .

(Glory be to The Father . . .).

Antiphon.

Haec accipiet benedictionem a Domino,

et misericordiam a Deo salutári suo:

quia haec est generátio quaeréntium Dominum

(She shall receive a Blessing from The Lord, and mercy from God her Saviour:

For this is the generation of them that seek The Lord).

Then, placing the end of his Stole in the woman's hand,

the Priest introduces her into the Church, saying:

Ingrédere in templum Dei, adora Filium Beátae Mariae Virginis,

qui tibi foecunditátem tribuit prolis

(Enter into the temple of God, adore The Son of The Blessed Virgin Mary,

who gave thee fruitfulness of offspring).

The mother kneels before the Altar, and Prays,
giving thanks to God for the benefits bestowed upon her;
and the Priest says:

Kyrie eléison
(Lord, have mercy).
Christe eléison
(Christ, have mercy).
Kyrie eléison
(Lord, have mercy).

Pater noster (secreto)
(Our Father (silently).

Et ne nos inducas in tentationem
(And lead us not into temptation).
Sed libera nos a malo
(But deliver us from evil).



Salvam fac ancillam tuam, Domine
(Save Thine handmaid, O Lord).
Deus meus, sperántem in te
(Who hopeth in Thee, O my God).

Mitte ei, Domine, auxilium de sancto
(Send her help, O Lord,
from The Sanctuary).
Et de Sion tuére eam
(And defend her out of Sion)



Nihil proficiat inimicus in ea
(Let not the enemy prevail against her).
Et filius iniquitátis non apponat nocére ei
(Nor the son of iniquity approach to hurt her).

Domine, exáudi orationem mea
(O Lord, hear my Prayer).
Et clamor meus ad te véniat
(And let my cry come unto Thee).

Dominus vobiscum
(The Lord be with you).
Et cum spiritu tuo
(And with thy spirit).



Orémus.
(Let us Pray).

Omnipotens sempitérne Deus, qui per Beátae Mariae Virginis partum fidélium pariéntium dolores
in gáudium vertisti: réspice propitius super hanc fámulam tuam, ad templum sanctum tuum,
ad templum sanctum tuum pro gratiárum actione laetam accedéntem, et praesta, ut post hanc
vitam, ejusdem Beátae Mariae méritis et intercessione , ad aetérnae beatitudinis gáudia
cum prole sua pervenire mereátur.
Per Christum Dominum nostrum.
Amen.

(Almighty, everlasting God, Who, through the delivery of The Blessed Virgin Mary, hast turned into joy the pains of The Faithful in childbirth, look mercifully upon this Thine handmaid, coming in gladness to Thy temple to offer up her thanks: And grant that, after this life, by the merits and intercession of the same Blessed Mary, she may merit to arrive, together with her offspring, at the joys of everlasting happiness.
Through Christ Our Lord).
Amen.



Then the Priest sprinkles the mother with Holy Water in the form of a Cross, saying:

Pax, et benedictio Dei omnipoténtis,
Patris + et Filii, et Spiritus sancti
descéndat super te, et máneat semper.
Amen.

(The peace and Blessing of God Almighty,
The Father + and The Son, and The Holy Ghost,
descend upon thee, and abide for ever).
Amen.

There is also an excellent Article on "Churching" on

FR. Z's BLOG

"This Will Be The Second Time That Mass Has Been Celebrated In This Mediaeval Church Since Pre-Reformation Times."

Saint Augustine's Church,

Snave, Ashford, Kent.

It is possible that a small private Chapel stood on this site before the present building was commenced in the Late-13th-Century. The East End is unusual in that The Lady Chapel
(more recently used as a school room) vies for importance with The Chancel.

Declared redundant in 1983, Saint Augustine's Church is now
entirely maintained by The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust.

Text: © 2014 Joan Campbell.

Photograph: © 2014 John Hendy.

Illustration: THE ROMNEY MARCH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Missa Cantata.

Saint Augustine's Church,

Snave, Ashford, Kent TN26 2QJ.

Saturday,

24 September 2016,

1200 hrs.

Celebrant:

Fr. Marcus Holden,

Rector of The Shrine of Saint Augustine,

Ramsgate, Kent.

Music:

The Victoria Consort.

Director:

Dominic Bevan.

Further Details:

Mrs. Marygold Turner

01580 291372.

Travel Directions to Saint Augustine's Church,
Snave (near Ashford), Kent TN26 2QJ.

By Road.
Leave the M20 at Junction 10.
Follow the A2070 towards Hastings.
After, approx, 9.3 miles, take the Slip Road to the LEFT
(signposted "SNAVE").
At the Post-Box (on your LEFT),
TURN LEFT, and you have arrived at the Church.
(N.B. Google Maps mark the destination as "Manor Farm")

By Rail.
Frequent Trains from Saint Pancras International Railway Station, London, going to ASHFORD INTERNATIONAL. Then take a Taxi to SNAVE.

Permission for this Mass at Saint Augustine's Church,

Snave, Ashford, Kent, has been kindly given by

THE ROMNEY MARSH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

From The Latin Mass Society.

LATIN MASS SOCIETY WEB-SITE

Missa Cantata in Saint Augustine's,

Snave (near Ashford), Kent TN26 2QJ.

Saturday, 24 September 2016.

1200 hrs.

Snave is one a group of Mediaeval Churches built to serve very small communities

on Romney Marsh, in Kent. Now redundant, they are in the care of The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust, who have kindly given permission for us to Celebrate Mass on

Saturday, 24 September 2016 (Feast of Our Lady of Ransom) at 12 noon.

Last year (2015) was the first time Mass had been Celebrated in the Church since Reformation times. We are delighted to be able to return this year. The Celebrant will be Fr Marcus Holden (Rector of The Shrine of Saint Augustine, Ramsgate) and music will be supplied by The Victoria Consort.